The distributions are very varied and many consist of leaving the operating system destined for a cause. The goodness and good characteristic of Ubuntu is that it is aimed at having a platform adaptable to any situation. To any situation such as having an operating system destined to develop and create programs.
What tools do I need to program?
There are numerous programs and packages in Ubuntu to schedule. You have a good example in Synaptic where you can mark the programming topic and all the packages will be shown.
One of the best tools for programming is to use an IDE, a program that manages files and allows us to edit, compile and run our own programs created in a secure environment.
El IDE par excellence with system Open Source es NetBeans, IDE which manages very well and helps us create programs in various programming languages. The only requirement of this program is that we have the java plugin well installed and updated.
Currently there is another IDE that is hitting hard in the world of programming, Sublime Text 2, a quite interesting code editor that allows you to program in several languages more than NetBeans.
Sublime Text 2 It has several other benefits that are very interesting for our day to day life. One of them is the portability option. Sublime Text 2 is for Windows, MAC and GNU / Linux besides that it exists a portable version to have it available in our pendrive.
Unlike other IDE's, Sublime Text 2 It concentrates all the customizations and configurations in a single file, so when copying this file and pasting it in other systems, we will have our environment totally the same, an element that is highly valued in the development rhythm of an application.
What are the drawbacks of Sublime Text 2?
Of this program I would put two quite important drawbacks to take into account but that are usually very salvageable. The first one is that it is not Open Source. It has a paid license but for a very ridiculous price in this world of the developer, some $39. But if what you want is to evaluate the product, we can install and use it functionally and completely free of charge.
The second drawback is its installation method in Ubuntu. Unlike other programs, in Sublime Text 2 there is no deb package where we can install it. They offer a package to compile and install but that is far from the novice or intermediate user.
But how do I install Sublime Text 2 on Ubuntu?
The installation as we have commented we have it in a package with the sources that once compiled we can install it on the system. Although we can also have it installed through the repositories that although they offer a slightly less stable version if we can have the program through a simple way. To do this we open the terminal and write
sudo add-apt-repository ppa: webupd8team / sublime-text-2
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sublime-text
With this we will have the IDE installed and fully functional, we will find it in our menu of Unity and we can also anchor it in the dock.
Later I will teach you how to modify the program in a useful way, but while you can play a bit with the settings.
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Joaquín, it is important to clarify that Sublime Text is not a programming IDE. It is a text editor with very interesting features for developers and that even allows the compilation and execution of code in some languages.
It seems that we have all agreed, the other one I got the news in Hispanic Linux http://www.linuxhispano.net/2013/04/02/instalar-sublime-text-en-ubuntu/ although I have to admit, you give it a lot more content. In the end, what happens is that Sublime is closed source, but for me at least, it makes my work much easier and I would say that the performance is even better than Geany in Gnome and XFCE.
Right now I have Sublime Text 2 on my desktop, yes, its Free version.
Hands down the best code processor I've ever tried.